Michael Haugh arrested at bookstore on Route 30 in Hempfield Township

A man was taken to the Westmoreland County Prison after allegedly threatening his child's mother at a public custody exchange, then scuffling with state troopers later in the day and trying to disarm them of their stun guns, according to police.

Christina Albright told WTAE's Ashlie Hardway that she has been trying for months to have her complaints about Michael Haugh heard, and it took this to happen before something was finally done. She advises women in similar circumstances to keep fighting and not give up.

"That's actually the second time he's threatened to slice my throat," Albright said.

Albright, of Latrobe, said the incident began late Saturday morning in the Wynnsong Theater parking lot on Route 22 in Salem Township.

"Patrick shut the hatch to the Jeep and wedged (the child) in between the Jeep and my car," she said. "He put his hood up and got right in my face and he was threatening me, saying he wasn't in jail, he wasn't going back to jail."

"After I saw the knife, I backed up again, and when I turned, the gentleman at the movie theater had opened the door, and when he opened the door, I screamed. I just screamed that he had a knife and I needed help."

According to the police affidavit, the theater employee heard the woman calling for help and said he would contact police, then he reached into a car to remove the child, but Haugh drove away and the employee was briefly dragged through the lot.

That evening, state police from Greensburg say they were called to a disturbance at Barnes & Noble on Route 30 in Hempfield Township. That's where they say Haugh resisted arrest and fought with two troopers who tried to subdue him, grabbing for their stun guns in the process.

Instead, both troopers stunned Haugh and arrested him -- but not before about $500 damage was done to a display at the bookstore.

Online prison records show that Haugh, 38, of Washington Township, is facing felony charges of aggravated assault and disarming a law enforcement officer without authorization, and misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, resisting arrest and recklessly endangering another person. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 5.

"I have been complaining and talking to people for 8 months that this man is threatening, this man is labile, that there is something wrong, and it took him trying to disarm police officers before people realized that he's a threat," Albright said.

Hardway reported that Haugh's record shows he violated parole in December 2012 and a protection from abuse order shortly before that. He was also charged with a gun violation and lying to police in May.

Albright said she urges other women in similar situations to stay strong and keep fighting.

"You have to continue to push. I have talked to five police stations, five district attorneys, and it took a lot for anybody to do anything,' she said.